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Maybe it would be different if they weren't friends and next-door locker-room neighbors, or if they weren't in the same boat, aching for more playing time.

But Jason Fox and Corey Hilliard can't help it. They like each other.

Even as they've tried their hardest to outdo each other this off-season and prepare to battle in the NFL's yearly Darwinian experiment known as training camp, Fox and Hilliard can't help but cheer for each other as they both try to win the Lions' starting job at right tackle. ...